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Distinguished guests,
The Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, HE. Dr. Yohana Susana Yembise
The Representatives of the Presidential Office
The Head of Cooperation of the Canada... Read more

Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019
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Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then... Read more

Mataram, 17 December 2018. "My friends usually call me Liza. I am from Jerowaru District, East Lombok District. I married for the first time at the age of 15, when I was still in junior high school... Read more

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 10 December 2018: Around 400 displaced women and youth participated in the peak event of 16 Days Campaign, called the Whistle Carnival. The event started with a bazaar,... Read more

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 9 December 2018:
“I wish i could stay in school and pursue higher education. I dropped out and was married off when I was 16 years old. My friends from childhood are now... Read more

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 4 December 2018: Women are strong and resilient. After disaster, women would continue their chores to collect water for drinking, cooking and bathing; to find food or other... Read more

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 1 December 2018: At the 2018 World AIDS Day peak event, around 800 youths from dozens of youth groups in Palu, Sigi and Donggal districts in Central Sulawesi gather at the... Read more

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 29 November 2018: The quick paced delivery of humanitarian response has often failed to factor in protection of women’s rights (PWR) and prevention of gender-based violence in... Read more